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Do I have hardware-failure?

oviedo7

Posted 31 January 2010 - 03:48 PM

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Alright - also for the extra harddrive with no OS?

I've just erased all partitions on both drives now. The main drive is a 80gb - or so they say , yet now when making the partioning before installing windows I have 76309 MB... Initially I was thinking splitting it 55-25, yet now it should probably be 50-26,309 or so? Or should I divide it a bit different?

rshaffer61

Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:19 PM

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If all you have done is delete the partition and redo it then you may have to format them. Just remember not to do the Linux one because it will do it's own. Linux doesn't use Fat or NTFS for its file system type.

Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:25 PM

oviedo7

Posted 02 February 2010 - 08:36 AM

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Xp is installed. I'm in the process of finding and installing the lot of drivers and programs on another computer to install.

An annoying issue with the Compaq, something that has "survived" still after the format is that my usb mouse has to be unplugged and then replugged to work, when the computer is started. Is there anything I should look at to fix this?

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oviedo7

Posted 02 February 2010 - 10:02 AM

It's been a pain finding the drivers - with the age of the Compaq - which is a Presario 6182EA - drivers and info is quite obscure...

Some shooting the dark found me the driver for the Ethernet Controller though. I might go round the BIOS at some point to enable the computer to recognize the mouse by itself at every start.

I have all the security programs installed now - shouls I use Erunt - or some other - to make a backup now - or perhaps wait until all programs are installed? I know it might be down to personal preference, but is there any advise for when to make backups of a fresh XP?

rshaffer61

Posted 02 February 2010 - 11:28 AM

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Erunt only backs up the registry and nothing else. I would suggest putting all the drivers you download into a folder named Drivers and once you have them all then burn it to a cd for future reference just in case. The other option is seeing if Compaq may have the recovery cd or drivers cd for it.

oviedo7

Posted 02 February 2010 - 12:04 PM

Now I have the sufficeint driver to access the internet - I think - and from there I can try and let Windows or another 3rd party program look for the drivers.

With the backups I also considered using DriveImage found HERE, maybe I'll try that...

However I've never really used backups like that. Well I backup images and document and my ripped cd's, but to do this I've been putting them on other partitions than the Windows one, as well as using flash drives and cd's.

I see another reason not to backup my system with all the programs as in some time many of the programs are outdated anyway. I've only been forced to reinstall windows 2-4 times - this time included - and in my experience it doesn't take that long time to get about finding your programs again - in an updated state. Still, of course it is somewhat of an inconvenience... The drivers - especially for older systems is the real pain.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 04:56 PM

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Go to Start then to RunType in compmgmt.msc and click EnterOn left side click on Disk ManagementOn right side you will see you hard drive. Now I need you to take a screenshot and attach it to your next reply. Do the following to take a screenshot while the above is open and showing on your desktop.

To do a screenshot please have click on your Print Screen on your keyboard. It is normally the key above your number pad between the F12 key and the Scroll Lock keyNow go to Start and then to All ProgramsScroll to Accessories and then click on PaintIn the Empty White Area click and hold the CTRL key and then click the VGo to the File option at the top and click on Save asSave as file type JPEG and save it to your Desktop

Attach it to your next reply and then I can instruct you on how to do the next steps for the partitions.